Abraham Lincoln's plan for reconstruction was to%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0Areunite the nation by bringing the southern states back into the Union as quickly as possible. %0D%0Areunite the nation by bringing the southern states back into the Union as quickly as possible. %0D%0A%0D%0Apunish the southern states for causing the civil war by preventing them from participating in the government
. %0D%0A%0D%0ALincoln's plan, known as the Ten Percent Plan, required only 10% of voters in a southern state to take an oath of allegiance to the Union in order to be readmitted. He also encouraged southern states to abolish slavery and provide education for freed slaves. Lincoln believed that a lenient approach to reconstruction would help heal the wounds of the Civil War and quickly restore the Union.
